Direct democracy

In federal government students learn the different types of democracy and the different kinds of democracy. I will discuss the major features between the two types of democracy,irect democracy and representative democracy. I will also describe majoritarianism, elite theory, and pluralism. Direct democracy was an Athenian system of government in ancient Greece. Direct Democracy is defined as a system of government in which political decisions are made by the people directly, rather than by their elected representatives. In essence, the laws are either voted on or they have a debate about them. An important feature about direct democracy is the fact that is has a legislator. A legislator, a governmental body primarily responsible for making the laws, is voted on by the people. A direct democracy is based around participation from all citizens. Because much participation is needed, the citizens can make proposals for laws. This is known as initiative. Because the citizens…

Direct democracy is a form of democracy in which the people decide policy initiatives directly, according to the wikipedia definition. Representative democracy is when the people vote on representatives to act as a voice of the people to decide the policy initiatives, rather than having the people decide directly. Direct democracy would be the perfect form of government for a small country with educated citizens. With educated citizens, the votes will be ethical and prioritized. The citizens…

Anthony Uzuazokaro Professor Virginia Rawl English 1304 30 April, 2015 Exploring Direct Democracy and its Forms Democracy in a general form is a system of government in which power is given to the people who rule directly or indirectly through representatives. In a democratic government, the input of those representing the citizens determines the fate of a country or state. There are two basic types of democracy and they are the representative democracy and direct democracy. Simply put, a…

Direct democracy is a system where people decide on and vote on policy initiatives and laws directly, using several instruments like referendum, initiative and recall. Referendum mainly implies that a bill that has been passed in the legislature will be obliged to be set for a popular vote. This essentially means that the public can veto on a bill passed by the legislature. The instrument of Initiative lets members of the public propose/suggest a bill or a constitutional amendment, which will…

Define direct democracy, and include a summary of its strengths and weaknesses. Assume millions of American households can be hooked up to a central computer system, and every citizen could vote on every issue before the federal government. Would such an arrangement be beneficial? Explain your answer. Direct democracy is a government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly. This form of government was started in ancient Greek areas. When it was the colonies’s turn to…

Is Rousseau a defender of direct democracy? Critically discuss. In the book ‘of the social contract’ by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Rousseau dissects and tries to understand what or whom gives authorities like kings and law makers their power, in doing so he identifies the general will of which he considers to be the main legitimiser of such powers, as will be looked at in detail later in this essay. Prior to examining this particular concept, I will attempt to address the question this essay is bent…

A democracy is defined as a form of government in which the citizens rule. However, within this category, there are two different types of democracy; a republican and a direct. The question is, which form is best? In my opinion, a republican democracy is the best. However, it has problems of its own. Direct democracies and republican democracies have important similarities and differences.To provide a little background, the direct democracy originated in ancient Athens Greece. It is defined as…

one of the most fundamental rights which they possess in modern liberal democracies, however, the low level of electoral participation is indicative of the fact that a countries democratic system might not be meaningfully representing the collective interests of it its citizens, which ultimately undermines the legitimacy democracy and its political institutions. Democracy, being one of the most fundamental aspects on modern day politics, dates…

Nowadays, an increasing numbers of Americans are arguing that whether U.S should carry out direct democracy to replace representative democracy in U.S government system or not. Direct democracy means people vote for what they want and they do not need a government to interfere with the issues of their nation. However, I think direct democracy cannot be put into practice in the United State. If a nation is without a government, it will be anarchy and chaos. Some negative effects will appear in…

Some people think that Direct Democracy and Dictatorship do not have anything in common but in the contrary they do, not a lot however they do. Direct Democracy and Dictatorship are very different types of governments and people say that they don’t have anything in common but they do. Both governments do their jobs in very different ways although they are told that Direct Democracy is way better than Dictatorship and it’s true in my opinion they have a lot in common and also a lot of…